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While the role of management accountants has traditionally been limited to the provision of useful information to … decision-makers, recent studies show that contemporary management accountants have become an integral part of strategic … are relatively strongly involved in strategic management processes, although the level of participation varies intensely …
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Strategic management originates from strategic planning and as a technique for managing all important aspects of a … company’s environment it scientifically differs from other management techniques that only seek to improve operational … effectiveness. Therefore, the empirical research first aimed to determine the influence of systematic use of strategic management …
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The ratios of spending on R&D, advertising and marketing to sales are employed accordingly as direct determinants of the degree of vertical and horizontal product differentiation. The model is verified with direct regressions and a system of simultaneous regressions combining large firm survey...
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The basic purpose of this research is to examine if influence factors in change methods choice are linked to an inappropriate approach (i.e. deficiencies) towards change. A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches to research work was applied. The data were obtained by a...
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philosophies and approaches which derive from the Anglo-American model of ‘people management’. During the Communist period, Romania … experienced a highly centralised system of management. Broader currents of historical and political culture also served to … inculcate values of bureaucratic formalism. In transitional times it appears that the management role is being re-defined and …
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time management, familiar to Western managers 20-30 years ago: hard overload, minimal work from home, passion to visit the … management style proved to be more effective in terms of company's performance. This means that foreign partners should not judge … a priori about the efficiency of their Russian counterparts based on unfamiliar peculiarities of time management. …
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-structured interviews with senior managers, as well as internal management reports, and other documentary evidence. The research concludes …
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The overwhelming empirical evidence suggests that, from the acquirer’s perspective, acquisitions are mostly at best “break-even” situations and at worst failures. Our study seeks to contribute to this pool of knowledge by analysing the performance of horizontal acquisitions. We examined...
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The paper’s purpose is to add to the body of knowledge on strategy implementation by systematically studying the activities for and obstacles to strategy execution on a sample of 172 Slovenian companies. The results show that managers mostly rely on planning and organising activities when...
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offers companies the possibility of tailoring a carbon management strategy that is the most cost-effective, i.e. reducing … implications for corporate carbon management. The study provides some original insights into corporate carbon management strategies …
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